Disclaimer: First Chapter
Story Start!
Naruto groaned as he woke up the day after the celebration the group had last night, and as he woke up he remembered the main things they had done last night. He remembered that the night had started out with everyone eating themselves miserable with some strange Maha-Maha fruit. A giant, two foot tall, fruit with red spikes covered the orange flesh. The spikes were made from a juicy and edible flesh, while the fruit itself was mostly hollow and filled with the greatest juice he had ever had in his life!
Then the group had started a group wrestling match when the side effects of the fruit took effect, and they all became a bit more fun loving. After most of the people had been knocked on their butts a few times, they started dancing. From there it started to become a blur of colors, feelings, with pleasure being the most prominant. Naruto sat up in a tent that was not the one he had slept in the other night, before he heard a feminine groan next to him. Naruto looked down, to see Morgiana clutching his chest while saliva was dripping from her mouth and onto his chest. Thankfully she was still fully clothed, but he also knew that Morgiana didn't wear underwear so something could have happened.
Closing his eyes and rubbing the sides of his head, he sighed in relief when he remembered the rest of the night after a bit of concentration. Okay, maybe not the entire night but he did remember that he and Morgiana had gotten drunk beyong belief together but they didn't have sex... oh fuck, she had asked him about his parents and he had said that Erza-sensei was his mother. He had given her a vivid decription of the older red head, even parts he should have kept to himself.
"Morning sleeping beauty." Muu said from across the camp, and Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Muu grinned and tossed something his way, so with quick hands Naruto caught what had been thrown towards him. Looking at it, he saw that it was a book.
Advanced Sky Dragon Magic by Grandeeney
"What is this for?" Naruto asked, and Muu frowned at Naruto for that one. Then he gestured around them, and Naruto noticed that besides Morgiana nobody was around.
"Gradneeney had to leave since you were taking too long to wake up from your coma. When you fell asleep after the party, we couldn't wake you up. You had pushed yourself to hard, and for the last two weeks you had been in a coma. Morgiana has been worried about you." Muu pointed out, and Naruto looked at Morgiana in surprise. At the moment he cursed how affected he was by this damn magic hating body. He looked at the chained shackles laying down next to him, before picking one of them up. He was honestly tempted to break it, but it was to useful for that.
He didn't have either the control to use it properly, or the magic power needed to use them for extended periods of time. extending the chains was easy, but setting the chains on fire consumed an incredible amount of energy that only got larger the longer the chain you extended was.
"Two weeks?" Naruto repeated to himself, before his eyes widened when he remembered that he was late for meeting Erza and Wendy at Hargeon. The trip back to Hargeon was at least two weeks as well, which means that he would have been away from Cait Shelter for over a month by the time that he returned. Erza was totally going to kill him for being so late, and just as he started falling into a depression he felt movement around his waist and saw Morgiana waking up. Rubbing her eyes, she blinked and looked where she was, before jumping away with a blush.
"Sorry! I was cold last night!" Morgiana lied quickly, and Muu chuckled before he stood up and stretched. Naruto stood up as well, before tripping lightly and correcting himself. His body was just so stiff from staying in the same place for so long. Stretching his arms, Naruto yawned lightly before he sw that he was still in his armor. Shrugging it off, he figured that was part of the reason he was so still.
"No problems Mor." Naruto said, and Muu chuckled at the nickname. Morgiana thought about it for a second, before shrugging. Her name was a bit of a mouthful, and this wasn't the first time her name had been shortened to something like Mor. Normally though people go with Ana, but Mor rolled off the tongue better. Naruto on the other hand looked down at his own gripped fist with a grin on his face. He could feel it.
He was getting stronger with every tough fight, and every time he drained himself of magic he could feel his resistance against it start to slowly increase. His strength, his speed, his durability, and his magic seemed to grow more powerful everytime he pushed himself to the limit. He was always increasing his strength, strength that he could use to protect those important to him with.
"So when do you plan on leaving? Jack already left two weeks ago, and I am sure you would like to get back to your... guild." Muu asked with a slight frown on his face. He wasn't angry at Naruto for wanting to go back to his friends, but he was concerned that something could happen to him before he came back to them one day.
"You're leaving m... us?!" Morgiana asked in shock. She was sure that Naruto would have stayed with them, with what they just went through as a pack. Naruto sighed and let himself fall onto the ground while looking up at the sky.
"I am going to leave today if possible, but I feel really bad about leaving this wonderful place. I feel happy here, a lot happier than I was before coming here. I have people waiting for me though, and if I abandoned them I couldn't call myself a man." Naruto said as he watched the clouds pass by, before he heard the ground crack under Morgiana's feet as she stormed off in a rage. Naruto watched her leave with a confused look, before he stood up and went to go after her. Muu put a hand on his shoulder to stop him, before smiling at Naruto.
"I understand, and the rest will too. Morgiana needs a bit of time to cool down though, but if you ever want to come back you are always welcome. We Fanalis let out own pick the paths they want to take, and if one of our own want to leave us for awhile we won't try and stop you." Muu said before he turned around so that Naruto wouldn't see the comical crying expression on his face. Man tears fell down his cheeks, before he slapped his own face a few times to get the sappy feelings out.
"That is pretty cool... Oh you bitch." Naruto said in frustration when he realized that Grandeeney had skipped out on his questions. He eye twitched, before he looked at the old book that had been given to him to give to Wendy before sighing. Wendy would just be happy with this, but he would have liked to get the real reason Grandeeney left. At least this book from the dragon would prove to Wendy that her parent still loved her, and now that Naruto knew where all the dragons went he could tell Wendy.
He wasn't sure if he should tell Natsu though, mostly because Natsu would try to rush over here right away. He may be a dragon slayer, but he was still human. He would be killed on sight, and not to mention the fact that if he came across the wrong dragon he could very well be murdered. That and the two week boat trip might actually kill the pink haired guy.
Naruto was suddenly put into a headlock by Muu just as the others of the group finally started to show up. Muu poked Naruto in the cheek while holding him up into the air in a teasing manner. Naruto blinked in surprise when he saw the Rohroh was carrying a small wooden boat over his shoulders that had two oars in it and a fishing pole.
"Hey guys, did you get the stuff?!" Muu asked with some excitement, and Yaqut nodded with a grin as held up a small bottle that contain three red pills inside it. Naruto looked at it in confusion, before Razol held up a fruit in her hand with a silver glinting object in the other one. Myron was just walking along with them, a superior smirk on her face when Razol ran up to Naruto with a grin on her face. In less than a second she took a bite of the fruit, before shoving the fruit into his mouth and tapping on his jaw.
The fruit was horrible tasting, so bitter that he nearly spit it out. Regardless he swallowed the bite he had taken as the fruit was passed around the group until everyone shared a bite. Muu put Naruto back on the ground, before he ate the last bite before gagging and covering his mouth.
"I hate this ritual." Muu said with a sour look on his face, and Naruto looked at them like they were insane.
"What was that for?!" Naruto said loudly in annoyance, and Muu straightened up.
"It is tradition. When a member of the pack decides to leave the country, the members of that pack will each share a bite of our worst tasting fruit to remember each other by. We figured that when you woke up you would want to leave." Muu told him truthfully, and the others nodded slightly. Then Naruto caught the vial of red pills, and he looked at it curiously.
"If you ever need more power, just take one of those. They will force you to transform for five minutes each, but taking them will put more strain on your body than tranforming naturally. Save them for the most dire of situations." Yaqut said, and with a glow Naruto placed the pills in his Pocket Dimension for later use. He surprised the group by giving both Razol and Yaqut one arms hugs at the same time as his way of thanking them. Let it be known that he wasn't really a hugger, so this was a pretty big deal.
"Thanks for everything." Naruto said before letting go of them, before he was punched in the arm by Myron who was looking at him with an expectant look on her face. Rolling his eyes he hugged her as well, and out of nowhere Muu picked the both of them up and hugged them both awkwardly.
"This is so sweet!" Muu said in a sappy tone of voice, before he dropped them both when they elbowed him in the gut. They dusted the imaginary dust from their bodies, before Rohroh put the boat down and placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Our match will have to be postponed for now, but when you grow up I expect you to come back and find me so we can have that fight." Rohroh said with a feral grin, a grin that was returned to him by Naruto with just as much battle lust. The two forced themselves to calm down before they started fighting right then and there, before Naruto picked up the boat with a grin and started going on his way. He made sure not to look back at the group, before he changed his mind and stayed with them. He truly wanted to stay here, but he had friends that needed him back on Fiore.
It was easily three hours later before Naruto got back to the ocean by walking, and just as he was placing the boat in the water he smelled the air and saw Morgiana standing beind him with a determined look on her face. She was wearing the armor of the Fanalis like her was, but the female version.
"Here to say goodbye?" Naruto asked with a small smile on his face, before Morgiana walked passed him and stand down inside the boat and looked at him with a neutral expression. She had already told the others she wanted to go see the countries outside of their homeland, and this way she could do that and follow Naruto at the same time. She wasn't ready to say goodbye, no she just plain didn't WANT to say goodbye. So she wasn't going to do it. She was going to follow him wherever he went.
They became adults together, she went on her first hunt with him, the two danced together on the night they became adults, and with the pack they killed a dragon. Of course she grew attached to him, even if he hadn't been around that long. He was the ONLY Fanalis her age as well, so she wanted to be around him some more.
"Are we leaving or what?" Morgiana asked Naruto, making her intentions known to him without really explaining herself. Naruto chuckled, before hopping into the boat and seeing that there were two pairs of oars.
Rohroh had guessed that Morgiana was going to want to follow Naruto.
Smart guy.
"I won't ask why, so welcome aboard Mor." Naruto said with a grin on his face as the two of them grabbed the oars and started paddling the small boat. With their stamina and strength they would be able to make great time getting to Fiore.
Erza was still going to kill him though when he saw her again.
Something to look forward to, and dread at the same time.
Chapter End.
Morgiana will follow naruto, but she won't become a Mage. Like Rohroh follows Muu, Morgiana will follow Naruto. The pairing is now up for debate in a way, seeing as I want to leave you all in suspense over the pairing. It could be NaMo, NaWe, or NaWeMo. Until the pairing is revealed, I will let you all vote for the pairing on a poll that will be put up after I upload this chapter. If Grandeeney abandoned Wendy without saying a thing, of course she would do the same to Naruto.
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